Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
I'd rather be a Satan worshipper than a Christian :rockon:fertileTurtle said:A lot more anarchists in Europe, but then again, a lot more Satan worshipers. So it's a toss up.
BigJimbo said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkHw9F6txxI&NR=1
Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, or the Balkans. You see it even at Inter games in Milan and Real Madrid games in Madrid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpdX_AN5RA&feature=related
More Nazi fans at games. Yes, there are stadiums filled with thousands of pro-Nazi fans on gameday. This does not exist in the UK which is much like America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWv18BsIiU&feature=related
The famous Paolo Di Canio. Always quick to throw out a special lil' salute your way . He enjoys cult like status among MANY Italians.
Sorry, but you boys need to travel. Few ENFORCED rules at all in Europe. You do what you want. You feel free. America is a place with severe laws. America is strict. It is dull and bland. You boys prove it. Scared and uncertain. America does it to men.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YES!^^^^^^^^^^^^logic1 said:I like it when people think I'm dumb. It gives me the advantage.